[desktop] Software Center and Software Updater

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
it sounds like a good idea.  I can't see what you mean exactly but
from what i can gather it's something that people will be looking for
and wouldn't necessarily realise it's hidden away inside another type
of app that they have never heard of before.

When i try to explain package managers to people or in the forums the
only time i seem to get through is when i say "it's like add/remove
programs except that it can also add programs".  Maybe more people are
more familiar with the idea of an app store these days but even so i
think it's an important thing to have more "front and centre".

Many people will be missing their favourite app and be trying to
install it in Wine or something not realising the functionality is
prolly already built-in or easy to add using a native app or that
there is an even better game (such as Neverball, Wesnoth, FreeCiv,
0AD) or the same one under a different name.  Once they get to the
package-managers they find what is there much more easily but they
wouldn't initially think of looking for a package manager nor have any
idea that such things exist.
Regards from
Tom :)

On 26 December 2013 15:11, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 2013-12-16 06:49, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
>> This message from Charles:
>>
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2013-December/018411.html
>>
>> made me think of the official desktop guide. As far as I know - please
>> correct me if I'm wrong - it does not include anything about installing
>> and updating programs.
>
> I was wrong. The reason why I missed it first is that it's 'hidden'
> within the "Desktop, applications & windows" group on the index page.
>
> To increase the visibility of this important topic, I filed a merge
> proposal that breaks out "Add and remove software" into a separate index
> page group.
>
> https://code.launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/ubuntu-docs/addremove/+merge/200074
>
> Hope you think it's a good idea.
>
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